026 - Vocational Awe and Christianity

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This week we’re joined by Fobazi Ettarh to talk about the religious underpinnings of vocational awe.  https://twitter.com/Fobettarh  [email protected] https://fobaziettarh.com/  #GiveFobaziAJob References: The original paper on vocational awe: Vocational Awe and Librarianship: The Lies We Tell Ourselves – In the Library with the Lead Pipe  Anne Helen Petersen talks more about vocational awe here: vocational awe Tweet about religiosity: https://haha!twitter.com/Fobettarh/status/1432003244289630208?s=20  Germinal paper on protestant work ethic, for background (not necessary to know): The protestant work ethic as a cultural phenomenon  Kathi Weeks, The Problem with Work: Feminism, Marxism, Antiwork Politics, and Postwork ImaginariesShorter article:  https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/1095796014526859  Article about the problems with the “do what you love” framework: In The Name of Love by Miya Tokumitsu How the professional and upper classes have turned work into a religious identity: Workism is Making Americans Miserable by Derek Thompson